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Patti discovered the meaning of running when she was 23. At that time she was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day and had   36   over 50 pounds. “I decided to   37  ,” she says. She took a clock and started   38   what she did every day, and then she   39   an hour a day as a “be nice to Patti” hour. “I started having bubble（泡沫）baths with a candle   40  , because Cosmopolitan Magazine   41   that this would be good for me. But I got   42   of that soon,” Patti remembers. She wanted to do something really pleasant. She found that the   43   times in her life were times when she was physically active. So she took up   44  .

She decided to start   45   the next day. She ran for an hour,   46   a total of 7 miles on her first run. “I couldn’t walk for 2 weeks   47   I felt painful all over!” Patti recalls. “But I felt so wonderful!” Patti wasn’t crazy about running yet, but she was in   48   with the after effects of it.

Within seven months, Patti had run her first marathon, qualified for the Boston Marathon, and placed 25th in the world for   49   distance runners. Over the next years, she   50   records and set standards for women in the sport. She was the first American woman to run a marathon   51  than 2 hours 30 minutes, and then broke another two records   52   an 8-month period.

Patti believes that, if we can   53   standards for ourselves, we can pull ourselves out of the most difficult   54   and come out on top. “Everybody has to be a/an   55   and everybody has that in them.”

1.A. lost           B. gained               C. earned           D. reduced

2.A. change         B. move                 C. walk            D. cry

3.A. remembering    B. collecting           C. sharing         D. recording

4.A. set out          B. set up             C. set aside        D. set about

5.A. lit              B. swung              C. surrounded       D. burnt

6.A. spoke            B. said              C. wrote            D. went

7.A. afraid         B. fond                 C. tired            D. ashamed

8.A. happiest         B. saddest            C. loneliest        D. luckiest

9.A. smoking          B. bathing            C. dieting          D. running

10.A. only            B. right              C. even             D. again

11.A. overcoming     B. spreading           C. passing          D. covering

12.A. but             B. although           C. since            D. because

13.A. peace           B. line              C. love             D. touch

14.A. men             B. women              C. adult           D. children

15.A. kept            B. held              C. broke            D. cleared

16.A. faster          B. more               C. slower           D. rather

17.A. for             B. over               C. at               D. on

18.A. set             B. follow             C. require          D. seek

19.A. pleasures      B. pities              C. challenges       D. purposes

20.A. expert          B. runner             C. athlete          D. champion

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】本文讲述了一个曾经喜欢抽烟不喜欢运动的女士，在决定减肥后，开始了每天的跑步，最后成为了女子马拉松冠军，并几次自己打破纪录。

1.考查动词辨析。根据下文她要决定减肥，故选gained.

2.考查动词辨析。他决定改变(change)自己。

3.考查动词辨析。考试记录(reording)每天所做的事情。

4.考查动词短语辨析。set aside留出 set out 开始做某事 set up建立 set about着手做某事。每天留出一个小时作为对她有利的时间。

5.考查动词辨析。with复合结构with a candle lit蜡烛是被点着的，故用过去分词。

6.考查动词辨析。杂志上说，应用say或read，但不能用write.

7.考查形容词辨析。很快他又厌倦了。get tired of对…感到厌倦

8.考查形容词辨析。她发现最幸福的(happiest)时光就是做体育运动的时间。

9.考查动词辨析。take up running开始跑步。根据后面的ran for an hour,可知答案为D。

10.考查副词辨析。就在第二天开始。right恰好，就在。

11.考查动词辨析。表示行走了多少路程，用cover。

12.考查连词辨析。前后为因果关系，我不能跑两个星期因为我全身疼痛。

13.考查名词辨析。be in love with爱上…

14.考查名词辨析。后面多次提到是女子马拉松，故选women。

15.考查动词辨析。break records打破记录。

16.考查形容词辨析。修饰run应该用fast.这里是比较级。

17.考查介词辨析。over表示“throughout a period of time”，故用over。

18.考查动词辨析。根据前面的set standards for，可知，答案为A。

19.考查名词辨析。我们能使我们自己走出最困难的挑战。

20.考查名词辨析。champion冠军；每个人都必须成为一个冠军。